astrid222 / Astrid

Was five days ago! It was amazing and eye-opening. It makes me wish that all the peopleo ut there wishing to ride on elephants could see the video footage of elephants locked up for a week in the ritual used to break their spirits. I would highly recommend this to anyone visiting Thailand. Feeding and washing the elephants is so much more fun than jiggling about on an uncomfortable bench which is taking away an elephant’s dignity.

I drove up to Newport beach from Tucson to stay with a friend’s roommate. My friend forgot his mobile phone, though, so when we got to Newport beach we had no way to contact our room for the night. So, we slept on the beach. Aparently this is illegal, but no one said anything. It was lovely. Very soft sand. The next morning we were woken up by a huge group of people cheering- there was a surfing contest going on!

They have a great centre all about sea otters. And once yuo’ve learnt about them, you can rent sea cayaks and paddle out to sea them in the wild. You can also see elephant seals on the rocks of the harbour.